Contemporary Tableware and Art Glass
The authority on contemporary tableware. Vessel is a store-cum-gallery based in Notting Hill, London. We aim to be a modern Mecca for all those who appreciate good design & beauty in their life, both to look at and to use. The best contemporary glass and ceramic pieces available have been sourced globally. Here you can view a taster selection of our ranges which cover iconic Scandinavian functional design, (Hackman, Stelton, Iittala, Orrefors, Arabia), flamboyant, collectible Italian art glass (Venini, Salviati, Arcade), plus the best of home grown talent. At Vessel you will find fantastic crockery, extravagant stemware, sleek cutlery, captivating candleholders, stunning vases, or unique uncategorisable pieces with which to spoil someone (or yourself!). Vessel also provides a wedding list service that is tailor made to your needs, and a contract division to help source production and bespoke vases, crockery and lighting for any sized project.
Name: Leave the light on votive Company: Anthologie Quartett Designer: Julia Thesenfitz Dimensions: 8.5cm Material: Porcelain Price: White ÂŁ95 Black ÂŁ125 Description: Designed by Julia Thesenfitz, this beautiful oil lamp is a visual illusion with a simple and yet delicate design. While the oil lamp burns, the match seems to never go out.
Name: Themes & Variations plates Company: Fornasetti Designer: Piero Fornasetti Dimensions: 26cm diameter Material: Porcelain Price: ÂŁ135 per plate
Piero Fornasetti was a painter, a sculptor, an interior decorator, an engraver of art books, a creator of more than 11,000 items, an organizer of international exhibitions and events. Amongst the most famous is the one that Fornasetti himself called "Theme and Variations", published in a tiny, precious book and representing the enigmatic face of a woman. He found 'her' glancing through a French magazine of the 19th century: her name was Lina Cavalieri. Perhaps he chose this face for its archetypal, classic female features. Like a Greek statue and enigmatic like the Mona Lisa she was perfect to be moulded into the idea Fornasetti had in his mind. The only difficulty with these pieces is deciding on which to have! Please contact us for details of which plates we have in stock.
Name: Alvar Aalto Savoy vase Company: iittala Designer: Alvar Aalto Dimensions: From 12cm to 16cm Material: Glass Price: From £74 to £219 Description: With these vases Alvar Aalto, one of the 20th Century's greatest architects, won a competition held in 1936 to find new Finnish glass for the Paris World Exhibition. Since then the Aalto vase has become perhaps the world's most famous glass object and, in the opinion of many people, an icon of the 20th century. The original form was inspired by an Eskimo woman’s breeches that had frozen whilst hanging out to dry on the washing line!
12cm vase available in: Clear, white and turquoise 16cm vase available in: Clear, red, white, turquoise and black 16cm 'duo colour' vase available as: Exterior white and inside in red, blue and dark blue Interior white and outside in turquoise and smoky grey Other colours available as special order pieces, please contact us for prices
Name: Barn Owl Company: iittala Designer: Oiva Toikka Dimensions: Small 6.5cm, large 15.5cm Material: Hand blown glass Price: Small £89, large £199 Description: One of the best known Finnish glass designers in the world, Toikka has had an adoring audience for his work for decades. Sometimes known as the funny man of Finnish glass, on closer examination of the man and his work, one can detect strict discipline, a slightly dark artistic sensibility and an unfettered imagination His work ranges from the highly practical, such as Kastehelmi glass serving plates to the most abstract of art pieces, his lollipop sculptures. He has won numerous prizes such as the Lunning and Kaj Franck Prizes. Indeed, his captivating collection of birds have been in production for over 30 years originally produced in Nuutajärvi, and now by the master craftsmen at Iittala. They are the ultimate summation of his inexhaustible knowledge of glass and his high attention to detail. For him glass is the natural medium to capture the fluidity of birds’ shapes and their vivid colour. Beautifully streamlined, gloriously hued, affordable enough to buy a small flock or give as a gift, each bird is lovingly hand made and unique.
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